On the Seven Towers

In a dense forest in the southern part of the continent, two carriages and a group of knights were walking along the road in the forest. The trees here grow extremely high, and the tree crowns are connected together at a height of twenty or thirty meters. When viewed from below, it looks like a green dome, and the tree trunks are the pillars below, supporting a huge hall.

This is the Green Wall Forest where the southeast branch of the Temple of Nature is located, and sitting in the carriage is Queen Laura, the current ruler of the kingdom.

Queen Laura stuck her head out from the carriage and looked at the green sky above. The feeling of not being able to see the sky made her feel even more depressed. The current war with the rebels has reached a desperate stage.

The city of Baviglia has fallen. The leader of the western front, Duke Horval of Rock Castle, is trapped in his main city of Rock Castle. The war with the empire in the north is still in a state of tug of war, and in the south, Count Carlos's daughter Celine Da, the city of Lagos has been captured, and the head of Duchess Josefina has been sent to the royal capital. As long as they cross the territory of another duke, Selinda's army will be able to attack the city.

Seeing no other possibility to change the situation of this war, Queen Lara could only use her last plan and ask the Temple of Nature to send troops.

She once visited Priest Roland, the chief priest of the royal capital, but Priest Roland rejected her request to ask the Nature Temple to send troops to help the kingdom.

Roland's reason was that the Temple of Nature would be neutral in this war and did not want to interfere in the war between mortal nations. But Queen Laura knew that this was all nonsense. Roland's line of secular priests had a strange tacit understanding with Xiao Chen and others' Tower of China. Therefore, Roland will naturally not go against Count Carlos, who is an ally of the Tower of China.

Since she could not cooperate with the priests of the secular sect, Queen Laura had to seek help from the divine sect.

This natural temple located in the southeast of the empire falls within the sphere of influence of the Adventist sect. Queen Laura sent an envoy before, and the temple responded positively and arranged a very important meeting for him. It was important to Queen Laura. He had to travel in person, first through the teleportation array to a nearby city, and then by carriage, deep into the forest to the temple.

"Although the forest here is a bit depressing, it is much better than seeing those dejected guys." Princess Laura put her head out and took a deep breath, feeling a refreshing breath seep into her body. For a moment, the anxiety and fear that tortured her every day seemed to be temporarily far away from her. She returned to the carriage and said softly: "Teacher, you said that if we really lose in the end, I can find my destination in a place like this." ”

Master Salmeiron sat opposite her, holding a sword in his hand. There were only two of them in the carriage. When he heard this, he turned on the soundproof array equipped in the carriage, slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, given the current situation, it is normal for you to have such thoughts, but you should not express them. Come out. As a king, you must understand how many people around you will be affected by your emotions. Their fighting spirit depends on your determination, and their strength comes from your confidence. Therefore, the king cannot show it. One quality is weakness. A weak king will become a victim of a power struggle, and a weak dynasty will be built on sand."

Queen Laura said: "Sorry, teacher, I didn't mean to do it. It's just that the situation these days makes me have to think about such things. What I just said may be a good one among many possibilities.

Every day when I was in a daze, every night when I fell asleep, a much scarier scene would appear in my mind. To drive away these sights, I had to think of something.

But it seems too unrealistic to expect a big victory, and often all kinds of tragic battle reports will be delivered to me right away, knocking me from a beautiful imagination to a tragic reality. Do you know how terrible this feels?

On the contrary, sometimes thinking about this kind of ending that is not too tragic is a kind of relaxation for me. "

Salmeron sighed: "Your Majesty, it's because we are so useless that you are in such trouble."

Laura shook her head and said: "No, teacher, I can't blame you. All those decisions were ultimately made by me. If anyone can be blamed for these things, it's me. These days, I have been thinking about my father and the king. What I said, he said to me when he was dying, is that the king is a man who deals with messes all day long. I thought it was nonsense that he said when he was dying, and I would definitely take care of this better than him. Country, after all, the crazy things he did to extend his own life were things I would never bother to do.

But now I gradually realize that sitting on the throne, what I face is not just a mess, it is like being in a ball of mud, unable to get out, sinking but unable to sink, suffering all kinds of suffering every day . If it weren't for loyal people like you who accompany me, I might not know how to persevere. "

"Your Majesty. I believe that this meeting with the Saint will change this situation. Saint Fahs is one of the three most powerful people in the Temple of Nature. He is the only banner of the Adventist Sect after Gibran's death. It’s just... we don’t know what price he will ask us to pay.”

"He would be interested in me because the Adventists need power from the world." Queen Laura said, "I have made preparations to sacrifice anything, including myself."

"Your Majesty! Don't think so."

"Teacher, what's the big deal? So many people have died on the battlefield. What can't I give up for my title, my reputation, or even my soul and body? If that's the case, I'd feel lucky. I'm afraid the real price will be far more than that."

Queen Laura paused and said, "Since our ancestors founded this country, we have always excluded the power of the temple from the rule of the kingdom. We respect the gods of nature, but we don't associate any important occasions of the empire with the temple. Whether it's the kingdom's sacrifices, the triumph of war, or various celebrations and festivals, they all have their own set of customs. Under such influence, for hundreds of years, most people in the kingdom don't have a deep belief in God. On the contrary, they prefer to obey the orders of the royal family. But this time... this time, I really don't know what it will become. This may be the sorrow of the weak."